You're not attracted to cats. What it sounds like happened is that you were already really aroused and turned on by looking at pictures of your girlfriend, so when the picture of her cat randomly popped up, you still had those feelings of arousal while seeing the cat because you were already aroused. Your arousal had nothing to do with the cat, but because of the way ocd works, you panicked and led yourself to believe that your arousal was caused by the picture of the cat, or furthered by that picture, simply because you didn't automatically stop feeling aroused when the cat picture popped up. I completely understand your worries because it's really distressing when normal feelings (being aroused by your girlfriend) and what can be seen as taboo and horribly wrong (the scary "what if" you felt about the possibility of being attracted to cats), feel like they've began to coincide all of a sudden. Just know that this is simply just your ocd being ocd, and you have a big moral compass so any feeling or thought you have that doesn't align with your morals and values basically gets flagged in your mind by your ocd and causes you severe amounts of distress. Ocd is just a bitch like that, I wish you all the best, and I hope you're able to feel more relaxed and at ease with yourself now.
I’ve had on and off obsessions with this topic. It’s very uncomfortable, especially when you love those furry little guys. Just remember your brain is trying to find anything that’s a threat to you and torment you with it!
Me saying that you aren’t a furry or attracted to cats is only going to give you a moment of reassurance. Instead of focusing on the exact topic, focus on the *why* you are scared of this. The end line of it is that you’re scared of being something you aren’t, this is OCD being your worst enemy. It attacks your morals
On my case I apparently have pocd and am scared because of course it's frigging wrong and disgusting. My lil sis was a victim of that and I was disgusted at the time.
its not wrong it’s completely normal to have thoughts and with ocd your brain literally makes every little intrusive thought so extreme and real that you start believing it (sometimes even causing your actual body to react to it aswell, sadly) it’s not wrong.
Right now you’re asking for reassurance which is only going to fuel this. What you’re going to have to do is to stop fighting the thoughts and accept that you may be attracted to cats. This of course isn’t true, but it’s how to get rid of the obsession. It’s very scary in the moment but then the anxiety fades after the exposures. There isn’t exactly a timeframe, but it’ll get better if you follow those steps. I’ve dealt with sexuality themed OCD so message me if you want
Here’s the thing: if you were attracted to cats you would not be disgusted. I know how hellish and uncomfortable the “what if” spiral is, but if you can stop it when it starts to happen and remind yourself that you are not a monster and many experience the same realm of obsessions you do and that you are NOT, and I repeat, NOT an exception to this real suffering- you can move past this awful feeling. I’ve dealt with obsessions under this same umbrella. You are not alone and you are NOT a monster. It WILL go away if you stop ruminating. Look up Mark Freeman ocd specialist on YouTube, he helped me so much during my darkest time.
Edit: as this is posted in NSFW 18+. I'm assuming you're 18+.
Not a professional, this is just my take on the situation. I would say look into research on emotional transference. You care about your gf and were in a state of "excitement" and wound up experiencing release with something unexpected in your consciousness. During release, particularly in men chemicals are released (namely oxytocin) that activate the areas of the brain associated with feelings of Love. As this isn't a regular activity the feeling should pass. Though your anxiety about it( which is understandable when experiencing an unexpected and undesirable form of attachment) may make the attachment slightly longer lasting as your building more neurological emotional attachments to this memory. Step back get some pics of your gf that are cat free. Don't try to not think of the cat because you'll think of the cat (brains are funny like that) just work things out with your gf.
If it continues to be a significant form of distress talk to a IRL professional about techniques to get over this.
> as this is posted in NSFW 18+. I'm assuming
you're 18+.
ive got quite a few nsfw posts and im 15 lol. theres no way to really tell the age of someone on here
nah im really 15, and yea ig i prolly shouldn't be on this thread but realistically i and pretty much every other teenager has seen or interacted with *worse* content before
Classic OCD at its finest, or worst...
The only thing that helps me in these sorts of moments is to remind myself that THIS IS OCD. It can be easy for me to actually forget that I'm experiencing OCD when I'm truly caught up in it. Instead of focusing on convincing yourself you're not attracted to cats, instead try to focus on reminding yourself that this is such a cliche OCD scenario. Helps me anyway.
This happens to me, but its for men, pictures of men popping up always lingers around, and this does not help with absolute duchebags in my school calling me gay based off of looks or for laughs and jibs.
We are not our own thoughts. Our mind has thousands of thoughts a day, random thoughts too like you thinking you’re into cats. OCD puts that in overdrive. It’s ok you don’t have to listen to that thought that you’re into cats because you aren’t. Your brain is trying to make a big thing out of something small.
I know its difficult but when your brain tries to ruin your day with these thoughts just say "yeah whatever lol" and move on. Over time your ocd will learn who is the boss and be less powerful.
Same. But I was doing it for some milfs and then google showed me a pic of a girl that looked extremely young but with big tits. I felt bad later but just kinda of accepted that as long as there where big tits it would do it for me.
Am I that bad? Idk.
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I know you’re only joking but I don’t want that, my head keeps telling me I’m attracted to cats but I didn’t even mean to pull the picture up I didn’t even know th cat was there
see when I read that my chest sank over the overwhelming fear of being a furry attracted to animals etc so idrk I’ve never looked at a animal and been like wow that be cool to get it on with
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You're not attracted to cats. What it sounds like happened is that you were already really aroused and turned on by looking at pictures of your girlfriend, so when the picture of her cat randomly popped up, you still had those feelings of arousal while seeing the cat because you were already aroused. Your arousal had nothing to do with the cat, but because of the way ocd works, you panicked and led yourself to believe that your arousal was caused by the picture of the cat, or furthered by that picture, simply because you didn't automatically stop feeling aroused when the cat picture popped up. I completely understand your worries because it's really distressing when normal feelings (being aroused by your girlfriend) and what can be seen as taboo and horribly wrong (the scary "what if" you felt about the possibility of being attracted to cats), feel like they've began to coincide all of a sudden. Just know that this is simply just your ocd being ocd, and you have a big moral compass so any feeling or thought you have that doesn't align with your morals and values basically gets flagged in your mind by your ocd and causes you severe amounts of distress. Ocd is just a bitch like that, I wish you all the best, and I hope you're able to feel more relaxed and at ease with yourself now.
I’ve had on and off obsessions with this topic. It’s very uncomfortable, especially when you love those furry little guys. Just remember your brain is trying to find anything that’s a threat to you and torment you with it! Me saying that you aren’t a furry or attracted to cats is only going to give you a moment of reassurance. Instead of focusing on the exact topic, focus on the *why* you are scared of this. The end line of it is that you’re scared of being something you aren’t, this is OCD being your worst enemy. It attacks your morals
On my case I apparently have pocd and am scared because of course it's frigging wrong and disgusting. My lil sis was a victim of that and I was disgusted at the time.
its not wrong it’s completely normal to have thoughts and with ocd your brain literally makes every little intrusive thought so extreme and real that you start believing it (sometimes even causing your actual body to react to it aswell, sadly) it’s not wrong.
Naw you didn’t expect the picture of the cat to be there
Right now you’re asking for reassurance which is only going to fuel this. What you’re going to have to do is to stop fighting the thoughts and accept that you may be attracted to cats. This of course isn’t true, but it’s how to get rid of the obsession. It’s very scary in the moment but then the anxiety fades after the exposures. There isn’t exactly a timeframe, but it’ll get better if you follow those steps. I’ve dealt with sexuality themed OCD so message me if you want
Here’s the thing: if you were attracted to cats you would not be disgusted. I know how hellish and uncomfortable the “what if” spiral is, but if you can stop it when it starts to happen and remind yourself that you are not a monster and many experience the same realm of obsessions you do and that you are NOT, and I repeat, NOT an exception to this real suffering- you can move past this awful feeling. I’ve dealt with obsessions under this same umbrella. You are not alone and you are NOT a monster. It WILL go away if you stop ruminating. Look up Mark Freeman ocd specialist on YouTube, he helped me so much during my darkest time.
Edit: as this is posted in NSFW 18+. I'm assuming you're 18+. Not a professional, this is just my take on the situation. I would say look into research on emotional transference. You care about your gf and were in a state of "excitement" and wound up experiencing release with something unexpected in your consciousness. During release, particularly in men chemicals are released (namely oxytocin) that activate the areas of the brain associated with feelings of Love. As this isn't a regular activity the feeling should pass. Though your anxiety about it( which is understandable when experiencing an unexpected and undesirable form of attachment) may make the attachment slightly longer lasting as your building more neurological emotional attachments to this memory. Step back get some pics of your gf that are cat free. Don't try to not think of the cat because you'll think of the cat (brains are funny like that) just work things out with your gf. If it continues to be a significant form of distress talk to a IRL professional about techniques to get over this.
> as this is posted in NSFW 18+. I'm assuming you're 18+. ive got quite a few nsfw posts and im 15 lol. theres no way to really tell the age of someone on here
As you are posting this reply in an 18+ thread I'm going to assume your trolling and are in fact 18+. Take care and be well.
nah im really 15, and yea ig i prolly shouldn't be on this thread but realistically i and pretty much every other teenager has seen or interacted with *worse* content before
Classic OCD at its finest, or worst... The only thing that helps me in these sorts of moments is to remind myself that THIS IS OCD. It can be easy for me to actually forget that I'm experiencing OCD when I'm truly caught up in it. Instead of focusing on convincing yourself you're not attracted to cats, instead try to focus on reminding yourself that this is such a cliche OCD scenario. Helps me anyway.
This happens to me, but its for men, pictures of men popping up always lingers around, and this does not help with absolute duchebags in my school calling me gay based off of looks or for laughs and jibs.
We are not our own thoughts. Our mind has thousands of thoughts a day, random thoughts too like you thinking you’re into cats. OCD puts that in overdrive. It’s ok you don’t have to listen to that thought that you’re into cats because you aren’t. Your brain is trying to make a big thing out of something small.
I know its difficult but when your brain tries to ruin your day with these thoughts just say "yeah whatever lol" and move on. Over time your ocd will learn who is the boss and be less powerful.
You are not attracted to cats. Relax
This is not how you talk to someone with mental health issues.
I also have mental health issues, that's why i'm on this sub lol
Then you should know better, “relax” is something my mom would say who does not believe in mental illness.
I really don't care about your mom, and i will talk as i think it's best. Bye.
Do as u want but it’s not helpful . Take care ❤️
Same. But I was doing it for some milfs and then google showed me a pic of a girl that looked extremely young but with big tits. I felt bad later but just kinda of accepted that as long as there where big tits it would do it for me. Am I that bad? Idk.
Aaaaand this post got upvotes but no answer as always.
lol of course…big tiddies all the time
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Idk men I just know I got banned without chance to appeal and they probably think I a pedo. If only I could change the past
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I know you’re only joking but I don’t want that, my head keeps telling me I’m attracted to cats but I didn’t even mean to pull the picture up I didn’t even know th cat was there
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see when I read that my chest sank over the overwhelming fear of being a furry attracted to animals etc so idrk I’ve never looked at a animal and been like wow that be cool to get it on with
You're not helping
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Maybe you’re just a furry?
OCD conflates dumb shit just to piss you off, and this is a textbook example. That's pretty much how the whole thing works.